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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR government troops SURRENDERING FAST BEFORE INSURGENTS Laying Down Arms Without Struggle in Some Parts of Spain Loyalists Still Hold mutiny RUMORED IN BARCELONA GARRISON Pari of Newly - Mobilized Troops Reported To Have Refused To Go to Front Against Rebel Forces of Franco; Large Detach ments Reported Captured Perpignan, France, at the Spanis'* Border, April 19.—(AP)—Spanish gov ernment troops in the Aran -valley, just below the French border today, surrendered to the advancing insur cents, handing over Viella, capital ot the Aran district, without a struggle. The insurgents continued toward the border, only ten miles north and west of Viella. Two hundred civilians crossed th s frontier in front of the approaching insurgents. An additional 4,000 deci l ed to remain inside their Pyrennes valley under the red and gold insur gent banner. French border officials said the fall of Viella opened the way for further insurgent advances along the Pyren nes frontier, without resistance. No confirmation was obtained of travelers’ reports of mutiny among government troops in Barcelona. The ; said part of the newly mobilize* troops quartered in the Barcelona Seminary and some barracks had re fused to go to the front. LARGE detachments of loyal troops captured With the Insurgents Before Tor tosa, April 19.—(AP)—Large detach ments of government troops, includ ing international brigade units, were captured south of Tortosa after Ebro river bridges were dynamited by the government to hold hack the ‘insur gent movement to encircle the city. Genera,! VTilanofs legionnaires oc cupied the suburbs of Tortosa and the right bank of the Ebro; then started to cut off the city proper, where the government massed thous ands of its best shock troops. Habeas Corpus Is Refused by Court For Tharrington 31 . , Smithfield, April 19— (AP)- Judge Luther Hamilton declined in Johnsto. 1 Superior Court today to issue a writ of habeas corpus for the release un der bond of James Tharrington, in dieted yesterday for murder in thy death of John McMillan. Superior Court Clerk H. V. Rosi said the case had been continued, probably until the June term. McMillan was fatally shot March 31 at Selma. Solicitor Claude Cannady said he would press for a first degree murdei conviction when the case comes to trial. Morganton Girl Seeks Ryan Funds Martha Barkley In New York Seeking Settlement and Di vorce from Hubby New York, April 19. —(AP) — Mrs. Martha Barkley Ryan, of Morganton, N. C., went ahead today with plan* for obtaining a receivership of the 200,000 inheritance of her husband Rasii (Pat) Ryan, preliminary to a. suit for separation. Abraham Halprin, attorney for the 21-year-old North Carolina girt, who married the late Thomas Fortune Byan’s grandson last November, pre pared to ask a court order to show vause why a receivership should no: be appointed. Halprin announced his plan Judg». Alfred Frankenthaler ruled 'in su- P'-c'rne court yesterday that Mrs. Ryan c add not obtain temporary alimom or counsel fees unless her 29-year-oIJ husband were served in person with the separation suit, or an order to show cause, were obtained. Previously Halprin had obtained court permission to serve Ryan by publication after producing testimony (bat he could not be located for per sonal service. Meantime, Mrs. Ryan made her- Se lf at home in a fashionable hotel here where her husband formerly Maintained an apartment. EBUE PERRY Heniirrsoit Haifa ots»a!rh WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Runaway Returns m t: iWl?r ? v'■' Be • • v.v ■■ —ibv.v.v.-.y.v.v.y.- v-'wy Dirck Roosevelt, grandson of ex- President Theodore Roosevelt, sits with his mother, Mrs. Kermit Roose velt in New York after he had run away from Groton School in Mas sachusetts, with a classmate, Henry Distler. They got as far south as Baltimore, and had a swell time until they were found. They will be returned to their school. * (Central Press) 0. A. R. HEAD SAYS TO UPSET NATO Would Bring Totalitarian Government in United States, Mrs. William Becker Says PLEADS FOR VIRTUE COLONISTS SHOWED Urges Present-Day Ameri cans To Have Same Endur ing Qualities Forefathers Possessed; Free Speech and Free Press Are Men aced in U. S. Washington, April 19. —(AP) — Mrs William A. Becker, retiring president general of the Daughters of the Am erican Revolution, declared today th ' l “the quickest way to create a totali- ) tarian state in America is to get into a war.” ’ \ t [f New challenges, Mrs. Becker toll the organization’s congress, demand “the same enduring qualities that en abled our colonists to found a nation on strange soil and push it on to stu pendous achievement and stability.” “The best security against com munism, naziism and fascism,” she said, “is the contentment, happiness and prosperity of the people.” Mrs. Becker, reporting on her three year term, advocated a required course in citizenship and government in every American school. Messmore Kendall, president of the Sons of the American Revolution, told members of his sister organization, meantime, that “the bill of rights (in the national Constitution) is under at tack in this country.” “Attempts to suppress free speech and press have been seen in operq.- (Continued on Page Eight.) ADVOCATES MIXING SCHOOL AND WORK Dr. Douglass; of University; Says Youth of Today Should Know Problems of Living Chapel Hill, April 19.—(AP)— Dr. Carl Douglass, head of the Univer sity of North Carolina division of education, suggested today that youHi should be provided with a program that would keep him- in school part time and allow him to work part time up to the age of 19 or 20. Dr Douglass spoke to the Kiwanis Carolinas district vocational guid ance conference on the changes in youth’s problems today from chose of older days. “In this day and age we have bj come so' smart technologically that we appear stupid socially, he sail. In his youth program of work anl study Dr. Douglass said the youth could earn money to pay his way partly until 19 artd 20 years old TUft school could help in his gradual ad justment to life and he would be able to meet life’s situations on complet ing class room education. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Rich If an Indian I '' j Mrs. Margaret Mashunkashey • . . much depends on drop of blood If she can prove she has as much as a drop of Indian blood in her veins, Mrs. Margaret Mashunka shey, 25-year-old Tulsa, Okla., widow of a wealthy Osage Indian who died four years ago, will re ceive his $175,000 fortune. The Indian’s will was rejected by the government under a law that pre vents whites from inheriting from Indians except with approval of the department of interior. —Central Prea* iSaionce Will Not Await Appoint •meTt of French Ambas sador, Which Is Ex pected Shortly ENTIRE SCOPE OF COLLABORATION UP Diplomatic, Financial And Economic Questions To Be Considered; Inclusion of United States in Some Sort of Agreement Desir ed in Europe Paris, April 19. —(AP) —Italy and France decided today to undertake friendship talks without waiting for appointment of an ambassador 'to Rome, and a source class to the French foreign office said the quej tion of extending “international co operation’’ to include the United States and Britain would be studied. Inclusion of the United States would be discussed during the visit April 28 of Premier Daladler and Foreign Minister Bonet to London, it was said. Though no specific questions were placed on the agenda, it was indicate 1 the entire scope of diplomatic, fin ancial and economic collaboration would be considered. Jules Blondel, French change d’af faires in Rome, consulted with Fore ign Minister Count Ciano today and it was agreed to begin conversations for a general settlement of problem? between the two countries immediate ly. The possibility of appointment of an ambassador to Rome might be an nounced shortly before the council meeting was given credence in au thoritative circles. DISTRICT CIVITANS MEET IN PINEHURST Pinehurst, April 19. —(AP) —A dis trict council meeting tonight will open the annual convention of the Caro linas district of the Civitan Interna tional here. Officials said today th* largest attendance in the history of the district was expected. Rev. J. B. Craven, of Greensboro, will deliver the invocation opening the main session tomorrow. Governor Heoy will be ths speaker at the lunch epn and after a business session golf ers will play on the Pinehurst courser,. BIRTHS AND DEATHS FEWERIAST MONTH Vital Statistics for State Showed “Flu” Deaths Very Much Less s Raleigh, April 19. —Influenza deaths in North Carolina for March, 1938, totaled only 75, as compared with 257 the corresponding month last year, figures released by the vital sta tistics division of the State Board of Health, of which Dr. R. T. Stimpson is director, show. This is a decrease of 182. Pneumonia deaths were down, too, the total for March, 1938, being 315, as compared with 448 the same month last year, while tuberculoses deaths dropped from 190 to 135. Thi cancer toll for the month was 151, four less than in March, 1938, but (Continued on Page Eight.} HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 19, 1938 REINFORCEMENTS wgm Fight Way Overland Despite Constant Chinese Harass ment Distance of 130 Miles CHINA MAY EMPLOY FULL MILLION MEN Premier Konoye Has Apolo gized for Illness That Kept Him . Away from Stormy Cabinet Meetings In Tokyo in Which Drastic Military Plans Were Talk ed f Shanghai, April 19. —(AP) —As u •welude to a grand offensive in south Shantung province, where they havi met with severe reverses, 6,000 Ja oan?e reinforcements have arrived on the Yi river, four miles from Lini. They fought their way overland, de spite constant Chinese harassment from Tslngtao, Shsjitung port, 130 miles away, air'line distance. Lini rapidly was becoming the cen ter of a battle which military experts aid might develop into a major en gagement nf ihe :iine-months-old un declared war. Another Japanese column was re ported sweeping to the southeast of i am. Chinese sources said five fresh Ja janese divisions had arrived in Shan tung from Japan and Formosa, while 26 transports wore unloading muni tions. Japanese aircraft carriers were reported stationed off the Shantung coast, presumably for a concerted ai* i tt ack. On their part, Chinese commanders declared they were ready to pour 1,- 000,000 soldiers into the battle. PREMIER APOLOGIZES FOR ILLNESS DURING MEETING Tokyo, April 19.—(AP) —With what political circles described as “stra tegic politeness” in Japan’s inne: chamber cabinet struggle, Premier Prince Konoye Las apologized for an illness that kept him to his borne dur mg the crisis. nr-\ His first statement since reports h was threatening to resign, as a result of army and navy pressure for drastic military measures to deal with th - in China, was made yesterday MAN SURRENDERS IN BUMGARDNER DEATH Glendale Odum Taken to Robeson County for Questioning in Passing ot Carpenter Fayetteville, April 19.- —(AP) —Cum- berland County Sheriff N. H. M:- Geachy said today Glendale Odum, of St. Paul’s, in Robeson county, sur rendered last night after officers had sought him all day for questioning in connection with the death last week of J. C. Bumgardner, 55-year-old car v>enter. " The sheriff said Odum was taken immediately to Robeson county, where he Was being held on a coroner’s war rant charging murder pending an in quest. Bumgardner reported to oficers last April 2 that one of two hitch-hiker 3 attacked him after they had asked him to drive them to St. Paul’s. Last week a head injury he had receive-. 1 began to trouble him again. He lapsed into a coma and died soon afterward?, in a hospital of v/jiat physicians said was the effect of a blow. Three persons were taken into cus tody several days ago and questioned about Bumgardner’s death, the sher iff said, adding that they were still being held. 103813 N Less Favorable Outlook Than Last Year, Floyd * Says After Survey College Station, Raleigh, April 19- Present indications point to a less favorable marketing season for pro ducers of flue-cured tobacco this year than in 1937, E- Y. Floyd, AAA execu tive officer at State College, declared today. In commenting on the spring out look tobacco report just issued by the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics, Floyd said that neither the domestic outlook nor the prospect for foreign trade in American tobacco as a whole favors the expectation of a season as satisfactory as that of last year. Tax-paid withdrawals of cigars and cigarettes have declined during re cent months. This fact, together with the general business situation, makes it seem probable that domes tic consumption of these products will (Contfnued on Page Eight.) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair, slightly warmer in southwest portion tonight; Wednesday partly cloudy. Navy Bill's Foes In Senate Attempt To } Kill Provisions For 950 More Naval Planes Latest Picture of Pershing '■k i ■Hit i -JEst > MB' || A nurse is pictured as she turned about and caught the cameraman taking the first picture of Gen. John J. Pershing since his recent illness. The gen eral, his back turned to the camera, has been gaining ground rapidly in the sanitarium at Tucson, Ariz. Before Pershing turned his head, the cameraman was spied by the nurse, and his chance for a better “shot" was spoiled. (Central Press) Tobacco Is Given Higher Payments Washington, April 19 (AP) —The AAA said today the benefit pay ment rates under the .soil conser vation program had been increas ed for three types of tobacco. For fire-cured and dark aircur ed tobacco the rate per pound on a farm’s normal yield per acre was increased from 1.5 to 1.53 cents. For Georgia-Florida, type 62 tobac co, the per pound rate oft the same basis was changed from 1.5 cents 1.8 cents. ROOSEVELT’S FOES BECOKBOLDER No Longer Fear White House Opposiition at Home as They Once Did By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, April 19.—Congress is in an awful stale of mind over Presi dent Roosevelt’s spending require ments. The average lawmaker, a? is well known, strongly is disposed -o vV'j federal money to he spent in his own individual bailiwick —statewide or re presentatorial district-wide. He has a large class of constituents who ex pect to benefit from such and will fight him op. r ’e-elect.nn day if he opposes then. Hitherto ‘.c *. ly has considered it the part of po litical wisdom to to the demands of this class. However, he has als: a sizeable class of taxpaying constituents who, he is aware, are beginning to incline toward a policy of biting his ear off if he indorses a program cal (Continued on Page Eight.) c. & oTstock gets BEHIND MR. YOUNG Effort To Maintain Present Manage ment in Office Receives 41 Percent Support Richmond, Va., April 19 (AP)—For ty-one percent of the common stock of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad rallied to the support today of the C. & O. management which Robert R. Young is fighting to maintain in of fide. The management has solicited prox ies for the common stock to be count ed at the regular stockholders’ meet ing today, and the official canvassers announced 41.68 percent had respond ed to the solicitation. Stock not held by the public is own ed 39.8 percent by the Chesapeake Corporation, and 3.3 percent by the Alleghany Corporation, parent hold ing company of Chesapeake Corpora tion. This stock was not represent ed in the vote today. The stockholders, after announce ment of the vote, adjourned the meet ing until May 10 on motion of Young. five cents copy Farm Prices Lowerr With Harvest On 1938 Cycle of Crop Takings Only Month Away And Yields Are Large Chicago, April 19.—(AP) —With the start of the 1938 cycle of farm cron harvests’ only a month away, mar ket prices of major farm commodities of today are 13 to 50 percent below a year ago. However, prices ,are 33 to 177 per cent higher than the lows rcorded in 1932 and 1933. Farmers have larger quantities o' produce to sell than a year ago but the increased supply will not full/ offset the severe price drop that has accompanied the business slump analysis of statistics’ in- Chicago com modity markets disclosed. Conse quently, government statisticians hav; forecast a drop in farm income, com pared with the eight-year high of 1937. Farmers who begin harvest of win ter wheat in the southwest late nexi month are expected to take the big gest crop in seven years from their fields, but the prie’e .is 38 percent lesi than a year ago, and 42 percent below the recovery peak. SINGLE BY RUFFING WINS FOR YANKEES Boston, April 19.—(AP) —Charles Ruffin’s pinch single in the ninth in ning drove in the tying and winning runs today as the world’s champion New York Yankees whipped the Bos ton Red Sox 5 to 3 in the morning game of a Patriot’s Day double header. U. S. Architects Pledge Their Aid In Housing Drive New Orleans, La., April 19.—(AP 1 —The nation’s architect? were called today to prove their are is not depen dent on wealth by giving their best efforts as a. matter of patriotism to the construction. of “humbler homes” in the Federal housing orogram. The plea was made by Charles Ma ginnis, of Boston, president of the American Institute of Architects, in an address opening the body’s 70P convention. The Institute already has assured President Roosevelt and the Housing Administration of its support, he said “Our housing committee has complet ed a far-flung sub-committees which will represent all the elements in realizing the promise of this great I program.” 8 PAGES TODAY SSeed, IS CLAIM OE NYE Chairman Walsh, of Naval Committee, Predicts Overwhelming Ap proval of Proposal HOUSE TO DOUBLE LARGE ROAD FUND Backs One of Roosevelt Re quests in Increasing SIOO,- 000,000 Highway Appro priations; Glass Interposes Objection to Portion of Spending Program Washington, April 19 (AP)—Senate opponents of the $1,156,000,000 naval expansion hill attempted today to kill an authorisation for 950 additional navy planes. Chairman Walsh, Democrat, Massa chusetts, of the Senate Naval Com mittee, starting debate on the floor, expressed confidence, however, of overwhelming approval. Senator Nye, Republican, North Dakota, one of the principal foes, contended that the navy’s present 2,- 050 planes are sufficient, and that land-based aircraft are more effective for defense purposes. Meantime, the House, accepting one of President Roosevelt’s recovery sug gestions, decided tentatively to more than double the $100,000,000 highway appropriation in the pending agricul ture supply bill. A few minutes ear lier, the Senate completed final con gressional action on another phase of the President’s pump-priming l plans, approving a $50,000,000 increase !n the appropriation for OOC camps for the fiscal year beginning next July 1. Opposition appeared, howeker, to another phase of the program. Sen ator Glass, Democrat* Virginia, charg ed that the administration’s proposed revival of public works duplicates a (Contained on. Page Eight.) Dues Drive Halts Work Auto Plant Flint, Mich., April 19.—(AP) — For the second time in as many day* Fisher Body Company plant No. 1 and the assembly line of the Buick motor car plant were closed todnv when the UAWA renewed their dues collecting drive at the body company gates. About 3,700 workers of the Fisher plant and 1,500 Buick assembly line workers were sent home. The Buick management said 600 additional work ers would be out of work if th? Fisher plant did not resume body production within two days. Police estimated today’s dues-cOl lecting picket lines at the Fisher plant at 1,200. A small detail of police on hand. All workers who did no* have union credentials were turned back at the gates. A number of fights occurred, but no one was injured serious.*/ Union workers of the Chevrolet plant here and those of the Buick fac tory, both General Motors units, are to take a strike vote Wednesday be cause of disputes involving aeniori‘,7 rights and grievance adjustments. Carnegie's Heir Still Is Missing New York, April 19. —(AP) —The society bride of Andrew Carnegie Whitfield, nephew-namesake of the founder of the Carnegie steel fortune, was reported near prostration today as police and relatives pushed by land and sea a fruitless search for her missing husband. Mrs. Whitfield remained at the New York home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Halsey, while the search widened for the youthful busi ness executive, who disappeared mys teriously Friday during a routine solo flight in his private airplane. Failure to discover any trace of the plane, despite a painstaking search of Long Island and adjacent ocean waters, led puzzled police to conclude that Whitfield was still alive.
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